Ryno

I haven't been formally taught any Portuguese, but I've taken Spanish classes since 7th grade. At BYU I had the option to take SPAN 321, which is the Spanish class that return missionaries take. I would consider myself semi-fluent. Fortunately, Portuguese is very similar to Spanish. I've been reading the Book of Mormon in Portuguese on LDS.org and I usually surprise myself at how much I understand. I'm going on a mission and you're telling me about the beautiful women in Brazil? Hopefully they won't be too much of a distraction.

Thanks to both of you!

Hey everyone. Just wanted to give you all a quick update about my mission call. I've been called to serve in the Brazil Londrina mission. I report to the MTC in São Paulo on December 27, 2008. I can't wait to get out there and lose myself in the work. :)

Hello everyone. I'm new to LDS.net, but certainly not new to forums. My name is Ryan. I was raised in the Kansas City area (anyone on here from the Olathe Stake?) and have been a member of the Church all my life. I'm a sophomore at BYU, and I am currently preparing to serve a full-time mission starting this fall. I enjoy Jeeping, camping, playing basketball, and spending entirely too much time on the computer. I look forward to sharing insight with all of you whilst racking up that all-important post count. I just noticed that this forum has a lot of useless yet strangely entertaining emoticons. Like this guy, for example...